Bech32 native segwit addresses were first publicly proposed almost exactly two years ago, becoming the BIP173 standard. This was followed by the segwit soft fork’s lock-in on 24 August 2017.“Scaling Bitcoin” had been a hot-debated issue over the last couple of years, a debate which got increasingly urgent and heated from 2015 on onwards when it was clear that...

Having successfully run the Bitcoin ATM business since 2016, Bitcoin Vietnam continues to expand and is currently looking for location partners to host brand new Bitcoin ATMs (or BTMs) across Vietnam. Attractive benefits are also available for agents who help us secure the location.What is a BTM?BTM is a terminal that allows customers to buy and sell Bitcoin and...

Bringing Bitcoin to Vietnam with Dominik Weil and Bao-Phuong (Paige) NguyenAround the Five Year Anniversary event of the local Bitcoin Community in Saigon the team of Bitcoin Magazine also took the time to record another show of their "Bitcoin in Asia" podcast, this time with a focus on the Vietnamese market.For this purpose John Riggins of Bitcoin Magazine visited the...

Read the interview below conducted by Saigon Expat Services with Mr. Dominik, CEO of BitcoinVN about his experiences in cryptocurrency industry and the future of this field in Vietnam.
Why did you start Bitcoin Vietnam Exchange and what do you think the future holds for it?
The work on Bitcoin Vietnam actually started over 5 years ago in the summer of...

Recently Crypto Trader Veteran Tai Zen took the chance to sit down with our CEO Nguyen Tran Bao Phuong to talk about her journey into Bitcoin, her good and bad experiences of launching and operating Vietnam's first Bitcoin Exchange and what's up for the future of Bitcoin in Vietnam and the firm Phuong co-founded back in 2013.See the full...

With the current batch of 12 machines reaching HCMC port within the coming days the current fundraising round will end by 31.12.2019.We will continue to update on our progress in regard to our network expansion plans and any future upcoming opportunities on this page and via our Social Media channels on Twitter, Facebook and Bitcointalk.We thank everyone for the...

Dominik has not only been one of the founding members of the Bitcoin meetup in Frankfurt, but also of our domestic meetup here in Saigon. Besides regularly helping out the community to organize its events he has been the founder of Vietnam's oldest & most-established Bitcoin Exchange service BitcoinVN which offers a broad area of services from online...

Tai Zen has been a veteran crypto trader who launched back in 2013 the very first popular Youtube channel dedicated to investing in Bitcoin. He moved back to his country of birth, Vietnam, in the fall of 2018 and has been supporting the community on various occassion & providing guidance on best practices when it comes to investing and...

Joshua Buirski decentralized technologies purist, focusing on open-source protocols, on-chain governance, and interoperability. Joshua coordinates much of the Decred Project's Asia-Pacific strategy & operations, in addition to being a core contributor to the Block Collider multichain protocol.Q1: Dear Joshua - you are one of the speakers at the upcoming 5 Years anniversary event of the local Bitcoin Saigon...